I've heard a lot of pet theories about this year, but mine is this: nationwide/worldwide popularity is a relatively new thing that was initiated largely by the

I've heard a lot of pet theories about this year, but mine is this: nationwide/worldwide popularity is a relatively new thing that was initiated largely by the advent of the TV. TV was standardized in 1941, but World War II interrupted the rise of TV pop culture. We're really starting to enter the years where people who had widespread popularity due to TV and movies are starting to die; 2016 is really just the beginning of a trend that will continue from now on. I think there will probably be another bump around 2060 or so, when people who were really popularized by the internet start to die.